Long-term retention explained by a model of short-term learning in the adaptive control of reaching

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2948-2955

  Joiner, Wilsaan M ^a   Smith, Maurice A ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049092204     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90706.2008     Document Type: Article

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